Fruit-picker.



'for-d, in'th'ecounty of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire,- Vhaveinvented a new` :this by the mechanism illustrated' in theacerediandsuitably' attached to po1e,D;,BB,

curved thatwhen pulled by sliding rod C, y-it just clears Vthe metalcylinder A, On'the. outside, and neatly separates the fruit from UNITEDsT-ATEs PATENT" OEEIOE. L

HUGH COERIGAN, OF BRADFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE. i

FRUIT-riens.

Speci'catonof Letters Patent.

Patented 0015.120, 1908.

.Applicgntn filed April 11,1908. serial No. 426,627.

cmpanyingdrawing, in '.which g A is ametalcylinder of sufficient size toHold' a 'quantity of the fruit-to be gath;

is a.' gwire sliding inieyes'eeetc., andl so the branch. 'D,- is a 'polel0 `feet long to which rod C, is attached by screw-eyes 'eee'.

, stantial-ly as set forth.

&c. The'metal cylinder A, has a bottomA F, nla'king said barrel areceptaclefor the fruit as it falls from thebranch.

-' I claim: l

- 1. The -combination of a metal cylinder with a sliding metal loopedrod, and a pole 'to which the cylinder is suitably attached,

the loop portion of the rod being bent .to extend over the end of thecylinder, sub-- stantially` as set forth.'

. 2; The combination of a` cylinder with a looped rod sliding outsideand lengthwise of said cylinder, the looped portion being bent to extendover. the `end of the cylinder to yseparate vthe fruit from its support,and

allowit to" fall into said cylinder,I all subvHUGH CORRIGAN. `Witnesses*v JAMES H. JOHNSON, EDWARD C. MESSER.

